Pat Egan (baseball)
Patrick John Myers Egan is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball pitcher, who currently serves as the head baseball coach of the Sacred Heart Pioneers. He played collegiate baseball at Quinnipiac from 2003 to 2007, and played professionally from 2007 to 2013.
Playing career
Amateur
Egan attended Rocky Hill High School where he played basketball and pitched on the baseball teams. He was a first-team All-Connecticut selection in his senior season for basketball. He would accept a basketball scholarship to join the Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball team in the fall of 2002, while attempting to walk-on to the Bobcats' baseball team as well.As a freshman on the Quinnipiac basketball team, Egan appeared in every game averaging 4.5 points per game, 2.6 rebounds per game.
Baltimore Orioles
Egan was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 36th round, with the 1,075th overall selection, of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut with the rookie-level Bluefield Orioles. Egan made 14 starts for the Low-A Aberdeen IronBirds in 2008, posting a 5-6 record and 3.24 ERA with 72 strikeouts across innings pitched.Egan played for the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds, High-A Frederick Keys, and Double-A Bowie Baysox during the 2009 campaign. In 36 appearances for the three affiliates, he compiled a 3-3 record and 1.94 ERA with 75 strikeouts and four saves across innings pitched. Egan split the 2010 season between Bowie and the Triple-A Norfolk Tides, accumulating a 7-2 record and 3.44 ERA with 42 strikeouts and five saves across 49 appearances out of the bullpen.
On December 9, 2010, the Milwaukee Brewers selected Egan from the Orioles in the Rule 5 draft. On March 24, 2011, Egan was returned to the Orioles organization. He made 40 relief appearances split between Bowie and Norfolk, logging a combined 1-4 record and 4.22 ERA with 44 strikeouts and one save over 64 innings of work.
Egan returned to Bowie and Norfolk for the 2012 season, registering a cumulative 4-1 record and 1.61 ERA with 53 strikeouts and two saves across 67 innings pitched. Egan was released by the Orioles organization on March 29, 2013.